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Hardee's Differences In Advertising

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With advertisements, the point of their existence is to draw the attention of viewers in interest; sex appeal, making it seem that the product will make you cool or popular, the product will help you grow in strength, and other different techniques to make you want the product. Advertisement often far from the truth, but customers and consumers only care about if it is a good quality commercial. As proven for years, advertisements can give an extra boost to popularity and exposure. One Advertisement can change whether your franchise is cream of the crop or the bottom feeder. Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. are franchises that have the same exact look with the exact same menu, and exact same star symbol; the only difference is their names. For an Eastern standpoint, Carl’s Jr. branched from Hardee’s, but that isn’t exactly the truth. According to Mental Floss, Hardee’s was started in Greenville, North Carolina in 1960 by Wilber Hardee and Carl’s Jr. was actually started before Hardee’s in 1941, by Carl Karcher, as a hot dog stand that later grew into what it is today. In 1994, Carl partnered with CKE restaurants as the head chairman and soon bought out other restaurant chains as well as Hardee’s. Now Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. could have one household name instead, with the genius of Carl Karcher, he kept the names …show more content…

has been known to make commercial advertisements that have been very sexual and provocative over the years. Some of their ads have been banned, because they send your imaginations to think of things other than eating food. As stated in the Business Wire, Hardee’s introduced the “Most American Thickburger” on May 20, 2015. They had the help of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2014 Rookie of the Year Samantha Hoopes to promote the most American burger in America. As a person would guess, she promoted it with her body. She wore an American flag themed bikini while posing in front of an American flag themed lifted

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